[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 07/16] Add extent tree operation for xattr value.

[TaoMa <tao.ma@oracle.com>]

Joel Becker wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:14:12AM +0800, TaoMa wrote:
>   
>> Mark Fasheh wrote:
>>     
>>> It should *not* depend on sparse. I'm pretty sure we discussed this
>>> already...
>>>   
>>>       
>> Sorry for my bad memory :(, but I really can't recall it.
>> As for xattr tree, we should have a very large possibility that we will  
>> have a sparse tree because of the hash value.
>> So we don't allow the user to use extent tree when he doesn't set  
>> "sparse"? only large ea are supported then?
>> That also means I should add another bug fix to check whether the sparse  
>> is enabled when creating a xattr tree.
>>     
>
> 	You can support sparse EAs even if sparse *files* are disabled.
> The kernel has the sparse handling code already if INCOMPAT_XATTR is set.
>   
aha, yes. I misunderstand it. ;)
Thanks for explanation.

Regards,
Tao